Ga. has joined 22 other states in filing a brief with the U.S. Supreme Court over regulation of carbon emissions. (photo courtesy UpstateNYer)
State Attorney General Sam Olens said Tuesday that the amicus brief was filed in the appeal, pitting American Electric Power Company Inc. against several states.
The states say excessive carbon dioxide emissions by certain power plants contribute to global warming and constitute a "public nuisance. The want the federal judiciary should by judicial decree limit the emissions.
Olens says the plaintiffs are attempting to use the power of federal courts to advance their agenda on the "highly political issue of global climate change."
